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AT a MEETING of DELEGATES from va rious parts of ENGLAND, IRELAND, and SCOT LAND, assemblerl at Fendall's Hotel, on the 22d of March, WILLIA3I Dit.t.wonni CREWDSON, Esq., of Kendal, in the Chair, The substance of the Marquis cf Sligo's Speech, just delivered in thA douse of Lords, having been communicated to the Meeting, It rag unanimously resolved, " That the Delegates now assembled in London to promote the immediate anJ entire freedom of the Negro Apprentices in the British Colonies, having heard that the Marquis of Sligo has this day made the Nobh and patriotic declaration, in his place in the House of Lords, that Negroes on his estates shall be made free on the Ist of August next,' are desirous to embrace the earliest op portunity of assuring his Lorclithip that they consider him entitled to the warmest thanks of the eni!aved. in all parts of the world." (Signed) W. DILLWORTIT. CREWDSON, Chairman. March 22, 1838. Just published at 35., and in Folio at is. 6d. 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In the Second Edition of The San of last night, we re ported a speech delivered by the Marquis of SLIGO in the House of Lords yesterday evening, on the Slavery Eman cipation Amendment Bill, in which the Noble Marquis announced, that whatever measures the Legislature might adopt, the Negroes upon his Lordship's estates should be made wholly and unconditionally free from the Ist of August next. We will not attempt to describe the effect which this noble and magnanimous declaration produced upon those friends of the enslaved coloured race, to whom we were so happy as to make it known in an incredibly short time after its delivery. A faint idea may be formed of it from the fact, that a meeting of the delegates from various parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to pro mote the entire emancipation of the Negroes, assembled at Fendall's Hotel, and in_ the course of a few hours after the delivery of the Marquis of SuGo's speech, resolved that his Lordship was entitled to the " warmest thanks of the friends of the enslaved in all parts of the world." The Noble Mar quis has set a gloriousexample to all slave-owners—an ex ample which we would fain hope will exercise a salutary influence upon the future proceedings of the British Le gislature. The Marquis of SLIGO is no dreamy enthusiast, whose notions of slavery are gathered from the narratives of Missionaries, and the turgid declamations of one-ideaed political fanatics. In his official capacity of Governor of Jamaica he had the fullest opportunities of carefully noting the working of the slave system—of witnessing its equally fell influence upon the moral nature of the oppressor and the oppressed ; while, as the actual owner of a numerous body of apprentices, his experience is not less con clusive of the superiority, in a mercantile point of view, of free over slave labour. The abolition of the apprenticeship system throughout the West Indies, on the Ist of August next, would be attended with no deprivation to the planters, but that of the demoniac- pleasure they receive from the torture of the negroes. They have been so accustomed to the music of groans and the handling of the cat, that they cannot endure the prospect of being deprived of the darling amusement of their leisure and drunken hours. No appetite is sharper or more insatiable than that engendered by a long course of irres;ionsible cruelty ; and to limit the duration of its exercise, has ever had, and will ever have, the effect of increasing ita intensity. Without referring to the numerous proofs of this fact, to be found in almost every page of the history of tyranny, ancient and modern, we need only point to the ease of Mr. and Miss SENIOR, in Part V. of the Papers relating to slavery in Jamaica, now on the table of the House of Commons. Ac cording to the evidence therein reported, Mr. SENIOR cal culates the expense at which he may purchase the pleasure of flogging his apprentices, and has even threatened to render them worthless to themselves by the infliction of excessive pu nishments before the expiration of ti-,e period at which the Legislature declares they shall be free. The case of Mr. SENIOR is not an isolated one—most of the planters lay more stress upon the amount of suffering they may inflict for the remaining two years, than upon the profits to be derived from Slave labour. This considerstion should in duce the Legislature to abridge the term of Negro appren ticeship, had England never given sixpence by way of compensation to the slave-owners. But if to this we add our right of purchase, and the moral fitness of the slaves— ai attc,ted by the most satisfactory evidence—to enter upon the unrestricted enjoyment of liberty, we cannot without incurring the guilt of the planters, consent to the extension of the apprenticeship system beyond the first of August next. ,• We implore the Government to attend to the surges tions of the Marquis of SLIGO, Lord 131toccatam, and the Christi in com.nunity of the United Kingdom, upon this im portant subject. On the lst of August next the appren tices upon the Noble Marquis's estates will be declared free, and it is probable that other proprietors, in imitation of so excellent an example, will also loose the chain s which now confine the limbs of the coloured race. The Anabaptist planters have already set their apprentices at li berty ; so that to add to the anguish of such as the law may continu e in bondage, they will be surrounded on all sides by a fre coloured population. Will not such a spectacle drive them to despair—stimulate them to take a dreadful revenge upon their ruthless oppressors ? We warn the Government to beware of becoming accessory to a crime which may be followed by the most dreadful conse quences, and which can only be avoided by the full, free and u.lconditional emancipation of the negroes throughout the dominions of Great Britain. Mr. WARD'S motion for a Committee to inquire into the grievance complained of by the British-born inhabi tants of India was withdra-vn, after a discussion which we think will be productive of considerable advantage. The attention of Parliament and of the contry has been drawn to the subject, which must now be inrcstigated some way or other. It seemed in leed to be the general opinion of those Honourable Members who, from having filled judi cial situations in India, miy be supposed to be most com petent to decide on a question of this sort, that a Commit tee of the house of Commons is not the most prorer organ of inquiry. This may perhaps be so, but it will not exctre the intemperate and, we must be allowed to add, unbecoming tone assumed by Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE in his speech of last night—a speech which will add nothing to the Right Honourable Baronet's reputation either as a statesman or logician. The President of the Board of Controul may perhaps not feel himself called upon to remember the sayings and doings of the candidate for the Radical votes of Westminster, as the full-fledged butterfly sporting in the sunshine is, we suppose, oblivious of its pre-existent acts in the larva state ; but some friend ought to admonish him of the indecency of talking with contempt of the petitions of any portion of her MAJESTY'S subjects. It may appear " rather extraordinary" to Sir JOHN " that the time of the House should be taken up in this way absolutely about nothing ;" but there was a time when if any Member Df the House of Commons had uttered such a sentiment respecting the petition of a single individual— much more of a numerous body of our fellow subjects in a distant. land—the first man to protest against such an un constitutional proceeding would have been JOHN CAM HODHOUSE. That the late change in the state of the law in India, as I regards the right of appeal to the Supreme Civil Court, felt as a grievance, the numerously signed petition to which we have alluded is sufficient evidence. This circumstance alone, ought to have procured the petition both a patient and a respectful.hearing. Neither can the main argument of the President of the Board of Control that the necessity of putting all classes on an equal footing called for the change be held valid, because this necessity was just as great at any former period as when the law was altered. Why, it may be asked, were British residents ever ex empted from the jurisdiction of the native Courts? Is it just, or fair, that those who have taken up their abode in India, and purchased property there, on the faith of being under the protection of British law by an appeal to British Judges, should be deprived of this pro tection and that, too, without any object to be gained.? The conciliation of the natives is, no doubt, held out as a reason for this infringement at once of the Royal prerogative and of the right of the subject ; but the natives do not regard the alteration of the law as any boon to them. So far from it, a great many of the wealthiest and most respectable native merchants at Calcutta have joined in the petition of the British-born residents. Colonel THOMPSON, if not right, is certainly indefati gable. He is always on the watch, and always first to fly at game. Before it is settled that the Committee on the Hull Election will unseat Mr. WILBERFORCE, he offers himself as a candidate to fill the anticipated vacancy. His address will be found elsewhere, and in it he states that there is a possibility of another election, and on that possi bility he acts. If activity only de served the suffrages of the Hull electors, Colonel THOMPSON would be sure of every vote ; but even the Hull people are now blind to his merits, and we are assured that he has no chance of success. Poor Colonel THoMP3oN we shall miss him much—the House will miss him—but alas ! like PETER BORTHWICK—poor PETER!—he is doomed to rejection, and the House and the public must support, as they best can, the absence of these great men from Par liament. We should hope, however, that no exertions will be wanting on the part of the Hull electors to elect Reformers—men who, like the Colonel, will put down, if they can, the iniquitous Corn-law, and who, unlike the Colonel, will on other questions act with discretion and prudence. Our Correspondent points to Mr. 1-IuTT and Mr. `Noon as having a prior claim on the suffrages of the electors ; and, than the former gentleman—the latter is less known to us—a more stanch, and a more prudent Reformer, cannot, we believe, be found. Lord ELIOT'S motion, which is fixed for Tuesday, is thus announced in the votes of the House of Commons : " That an Humble Address be presented to her Majesty, expressing to her Majesty the opinion of this House, that no advantage, either to the interests of this country or to those of Spain, has resulted from the employment of her Majesty's subjects in the service of her Catholic Majesty, in consequence of the su;pension, by Order in Council, of the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act : and, since: the continuance of such Order in Council is not required by the obligations of existing Treaties, humbly praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased not to renew it." His Lordship, therefore, takes a more limited range than we supposed, and is only to re-discuss the question of the employment of the Legion, and the suspension of the Order in Council. We that thought these questions, as far as the House of Commons is concerned, had been discussed and settled over and. over again. But his Lordship, like other wise men, means, now that he has the advantage of four years' additional experience, to condemn the conduct of those who were obliged to act without it. We have an opinion, that such conduct is hardly fair—but it is the usual practice. The fairer plan is to divest ourselves, if possible, of the knowledge subsequently acquired, and to judge of the conduct of politicians by the light they possessed when they acted. But whether the conduct of the Ministers be fairly or unfairly judged, we have not the slightest sus picion that tile poor benighted Tories will persuade the House of Commons to censure well meant but not very successful efforts, to support the principles of liberty, and promote peace in Spain. A short discussion took place in the House of Commons last night, on a motion made by the Hon. Member for Greenock, for a Select Committee to enquire into the pro priety of continuing the Scottish Sheriff system on its pre sent footing. There are at present thirty Sheriffs in Scot land, who are assisted in their judicial functions by fifty two substitutes. Mr. WALLACE'S charge against the former class is, that they receive pay for doing nothing, or next to nothing, while the whole weight of the duties which they ought to perform, falls upon the Substitutes. Mr. R. STEUART pointed out the causeof the evil complained of, which lies in the non-residence of the Sheriffs. These gentlemen find it more pleasant to live in the Scottish capi tal than in their respective counties ; and the only reason assigned for this is the rather odd one—that they may by attending the Court of Session, keep their legal know ledge up to the mark of the times. Of what use, we should l'ke to know, is thelegal knowledge which is never called into action? It appears from the returns before the House, that in the coo rse of last year, the Substitutes have disposed of 44,000 cases, while the Sheriffs had disposed of only 3,674. There certainly does seem, from this statement to be a great disproportion between the labours of the two classes of officers, and there must be some thing wrong in the system which gives such a result. The Hon. Member conceiving that there were already before the House ample means of judging of the efficiency of the Sheriffs' Courts, did not 'feel himself justified in vot ing for the Committee of Inquiry. The remedy is short and easy. Let a Bill be brought in to abolish non-residence. It is fully as objectionable in the Law as in the Church. At the Marylebone Conservative Festival, which took place yesterday, three speakers particularly distinguished themselves by the lively and luminous character of their oratory. These " three shining ones"—to quote old Be- NY AN'S description of the three angels whom he saw on the hill called " Beautiful" —were, the Rev. Dr. SPRY, Si: FRANCIS BURDETT, and Lord TEIGNMOUTEI. To begin with the former—as in justice to the cloth we are bound to do—this ghostly Conservative, in returning thanks fur the high Tory toast of " Church and State," dwelt with in finite complacency on the manifold virtues of that venerable gentlewoman, Mother Church. " She was Conservative,' he said emphatically, " in her doctrines ; she was Conser vative in her principles, in her practices, in her affections. Every thing she did was Conservative." Dr. SPRY i! right. The good old dame is just what he describes her to be. All she does or says is strictly of a Conservative tendency. See, for instance, how Conservative she is of her own apostolic pockets! Mark with what holy zeal she clings to the conservation of her plurality and non resident systems ! Can the Conservative principle be carried to a greater extent than in her wrestling% with the wicked in defence of the abuses of her Establishment ? We give Dr. SPRY great credit for the rigid justice of his description of Mother-church, and arc delighted to find that he exhibits so much true filial affection. In these' callous times a display of sensibility of this sort is realy touching, ani moves one to tears. But the good Doctor is decidedly in error when he states in the next sentence, that tile venerable dame " glories in being the Church of the poor." She gloiies in no such thing ; but on the contrary, makes it her chief boast that she is the Church of the rich, and as such, is privileged to " up lift her mitred head in courts and palaces." We grant that she is ready enough to accept tithes, and is thankful for tile smallest donation, from the poor ; but she has no other connexion with them that we know of. Church of the poor indeed! Who ever sees or hears of the beads of the Establishment praying by the bed-side of the sick and indigent cottager ? It is the humble, working clergy —the industrious, scantily paid curates—that perform these duties, and these are scarcely recognized .by the wealthy, aristocratic dignitaries of the Establishment. Had the Church been really, what she is always professing to be, the " Church of the Poor," never should we have seen Dissent spreading to the enormous extent that it has done of lute years. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, who spoke after Dr. SPRY, as a matter of course, abused that " detestable Agi'ator," O'CosNeei.. With DANIEL he commenced, and with DANIEL he concluded ; which strongly induces us to be lieve that DANIEL is the only idea he has left. Poor Sir FRANCIS ! We will back him for talking nonsense against any faded old beau in Christendom. He still, we see, calls himself a Reformer, and this at tile very moment when he is holding a knife to the throat of Reform! Lord TEIGN MOUTH'S speech was as warlike in its character as one of NAPOLEON'S bulletins. "By perseverance," observed the Noble Lord, " they had got rid of every obstacle, and now their flags, which had been scorched by the sun of July, and drenched with the rains of March, waved proudly over the well contested field which they had won. They should be pre pared to rise simultaneously at the sound of the first trum pet that summoned them to arms. They had nothing to fear—they had fought and conquered in a great constitu tional battle, and the result of their success had made the heart of Old England thrill with joy." This is a fine sample of that lofty and heroic style, which we so deservedly ad mire in Turn Thumb. The allusion to " Old England," in particular, is thrilling and patriotic to the last degree. Imagine BRITANNIA shaking her trident above her head, and leaping mast-high, for joy that Lord TEIGNMOUTH has beaten Colonel THOMPSON in Marylebone ! His Lord ship concluded his chivalrous, and Faorssawr-like oration, by declaring it as his fixed opinion that Ministers " pos s2ssed neither breath nor stomach !!" Genuine Toryism, which is heartless oppression, natu rally hates all the classes which remind it of its misdeeds. Its victims are the poor and the honest, and it finds in the vulgarity which is the necessary consequence of its own op pressions—an admirable reason for depreciating those whom it fears and hates. Its organs of course turn up their noses at those who arc not skilled in Court dress and Court phraseology. In its genuine spirit the Post this morning entertains the public with a long tirade against the some what humble persons whom Lord MORPETH and Mr. Pou- LETT THOMSON, much to their credit, have presented at Court. According to the champion of offended Bed chamber Lords, the DE ROOSES and the WATERFORDS are the proper ornaments of our young QUEEN'S Court, but those who enrich the nation by their skill, or bestow on it scientific reputation by their own discoveries, or improve its institutions, if they happen to be lowly born, uncouth in gait and rude in speech, are unworthy to be honoured by her MAJESTY'S notice. The Court may be crowded with demireps and black legs, so they be titled ; but the hardy sons of toil, with their honest partners and offspring, must not be admitted. If they wish to avoid bad company, they ought, perhaps, to keep away from the haunts of the aristocracy ; but her MAJESTY we hope will always receive with pleasure those whom the representa tives of the great manufacturing interests of the State, such as Lord NIORPETH and Mr. P. THOMSON think worthy of being presented to her. Under the head " Ireland," in a communication from our Correspondent at Dublin, will be found some intelligence relating to the city of Kilkenny, which will be read with interest. The Corporation of Kilkenny, fortified by the advice of Mr. PIGOTT, Counsel to the Castle, has restored to the citizens at large their ancient powers and privileges— thus, as it would appear, proving that the power of reform ing the municipality is in the Corporation per se, and re quires not the interposition of the Leg islature for i ts own regeneration and improvement. At all events, we have the fact that the bye-laws of the Corporation of Kilkenny, which took from the Mayor and citizens at large the pow er of framing laws for the government of the City, and vested such. authority in the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, were repealed last Monday at a public meeting over which the Mayor presided. Our Dublin letter to-day, furnishes us also with some facts relative to the case of a " rebellion ruffian," MICHAEL KAVANAGH by name, who was sentenced at the Carlow Assizes, last Wednesday, to be transported for seven yeara. This tithe-server and commissioner of rebellion was actually found guilty, last Wednesday, by a Jury of his country men, not only of theft, but of perjury also. We cannot but condole with the tithe-process-serving clergy on the loss of their immaculate agent and very worthy ally, whom two juries, blind to his virtues, have pronounced a thief and a perjurer. A cormorant clergy, and a convicted cri minal, combined nn the same canvas, form no very pleasing picture, or enviable asioeiation. The horrible cruelties committed in cold blood by both parties in Spain, and which are every day increasing in atrocity, are sufficient grounds, independent of all other considerations, for the immediate interference of the prin cipal European States. The condition of that country is a disgrace to civilized Europe. The Great Powersinter fered between the SULTAN and his Greek subjects, and not only compelled him to put a stop to the cruelties he had for years inflicted on that people, but to recognise them as a distinct nation, and independent of- Turkey. They also came to an understanding for the definitive settlement of the differences between Holland and Belgiun', and the articles of agreement which they recommended will in all probability be ratified by both parties in a few months. England proffered her good offices to prevent a war be tween France and America, and with the concurrence of the other Powers has been instrumental in preserving the peace of the world during the last seven years so full of feverish excitement. Every country in Europe, in fact, has been restored to a state of peace and security, and perhaps at no former period did good order more generally prevail, with the exception of the Peninsula. For the last four years the contest between the two great parties in Spain and Portugal has been carried on with partial as sistance from one state or another ; and at the present moment the condition of both, in place of holding out any prospect of a favourable issue, leads to the conviction, that without interference there is not the slightest hope of amendment —nay, that the longer the civil war is allowed to continue, the passions on each side will become more exasperated, an d reconc ili at i on more difficult. If ever interference were justifiable, it would Le in such a case. The horrible system sanctioned by the Durango decree is now regularly carr i e d on b y b ot h parties. The mo nster who issued that d ecree proc l a i me d that it was directed only against foreigners, and, according to Colonel EVANS'S admission, nearly fifty of his followers were sacrificed in that way during his stay in the Peninsula ; but now that foreigners are expelled, the leaders on both side; direct it aganst their own countrymen. Tau, o DA' or Basit.to, or some leader that would disgrace more savage tribes in Africa, orders half-a-dozen officers or men, without distinction, to be shot one day, an d on an other, when the news arrives at the enemy's camp, a n equal number of innocen t ca p tives is selected b y the Christino - General for the same horrible and unavaili ng punishment. There appears no hope of change. Tho people of that country seem destined to he their own scourge, and to fulfil the denunciation that the sins of the fathers shall h e visited upon their children. The crimes com mitted by the invaders of South America are now avengedhundred years afterward s , b y the blood of their descendants, !inles4 the Great Powers interfere, they will be more than avenged. t i or &sr sake of humanity-r-for the sake of their ftwo subjects, whose minds will become brutalized by the endless recital of such barbarities—they are imperatively called upon to interfere, and put an end to a system which is such a foul stain on civilization and Christianity. After a trial of four years without effect, delay would only be a crime. We have received letters and papers from Madrid of the 13th inst. The only excitement that then prevailed in that capital originated in ESPARTERO'S address to the amy, in which, as we noticed a few days ago, the Commander-in- Chief charged the Government with indifference to the wants of the soldiery. The Minister of Finance, in expec tAion that the que.tion would be raised in the Cortes, had armed himself with documents, by which he could show that even within the last three months, twelve millions of reals had been remitted by the Treasury for the of the army of the north. _ On the 9th, Brigadier FI.INTER marched from Almagro towards Ciudad Real, then threatened with a visit fromi BAsuto and his bands. FLINTEK had augmented his little force to about 2,200 infantry, and 400 cavalry. It was the intention of the War Minister to strengthen this little force by an augmentation of 1,300 troops of the line, FLINTEIt is a gallant soldier, and a good officer. llad he half the forces under him commanded by ESPAR. TERO, the chit war in Spain would be brought to a successful issue in one campaign. But, unfortunately, FLINTICR is an Irishman—a foreigner of whose success the Spanish Generals are so jealous, that we question whether they would not prefer the triumph of Pon CARLos to owing the deliverance of their country to his valour. M. MENDIZABAL and Count TORENO have once more shaken hands. They had resolved to pistol one another, but their friends interfered, and persuaded them that fight ing was a bad business at any time, but especially in such a case as theirs, there being no justifiable warrant for it. So the quondam friends and Ministerial colleagues em braced ! What a farce is this law of honour, which makes gunpowder the grand purifier of the foulest reputation ! By the General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Giraffe, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house last night, we have received Dutch and Brussels Papers of the 20th instant. The following are important extracts : BRUSSELS, MARCH 2. —ln the Chamber of Representa tives, yesterday, the debate on the project of law relative to linen thread was interrupted by the following incident : M. d'Hoffschmidt said—Gentlemen,, the news published yesterday by the Journals, that King William had accepted the 24 articles, is of too great importance for the nation and the Chamber, not to desire to know whether the Government has received any official communications on this subject, and I desire to ask the Ministers to be so good as to inform us. My only object in putting this question, is to relieve the public from the painful anxiety in which it still is, respecting a politi cal event which would be of most serioes importance to the nation. It is not my intention, and doubtless it cannot be the intention of any of us, to give rise on this occasion to a discussion on our situation with respect to Holland ; such a discussion would be premature and, perhaps, imp r udent, e ven supposing that the news of the acceptance of the twenty four articles were official, and without restriction. At present I will only say that, at all events, this acceptance could not lead in 1838 to the deplorable results which it might have produced in 1831, for, Gentlemen, many facts have sit.ce occurred which have changed our political situation ; and I have pleasure in believing that the Government will know how to defend the sacred rights of all the Belgians, whatever it may cost. The Minister of the Interior and Foreign' Affairs said :- --Gentlemen,—The Honourable Member asks if the Belgian Government has received the official news that the Netherlands Government has accepted, without alteration, the treaty of the Twenty-four Articles. The Government has not received an official notice, but an u nofficial notice (Avis Officieux). The Netherlands Go vernment has not yet accepted the Treaty of the Twenty four Articles, but has shown itself disposed to accept it. This is the only information that we can give the Chamber. With regard to the reserve which the Hon. Member used in his question I cannot but invite the Chamber to imitate it. It will recollect that on a recent occasion the reserve which it adopted on a diplomatic affair, left the Government all the li berty that it had need of to negotiate, and that the result of the negotiation was satisfactory. M. Dumortier—l am certainly one of those who are of opi nion that in such circumstances the greatest reserve is neces sary. I could have wished, too, that in the serious situation which the country now is, and on view of the danger which might result from certain facts, which I propose to point out, I could have wished, I say, that the Chamber should go into a Secret Committee to receive from the Government the information which it cannot give in a public sitting. Since it has turned out otherwise, I think it my duty to add some words to what M. d'Hoffschmit has said. The Government says the Minister for Foreign Affairs had received, not official, but inofficial (dficieux friendly) information, that the Dutch Government showed itself inclined to accept the 24 Articles. Here very serious questions arise, and 1 will sly in the first place, that that which strikes me the most is, whether the Dutch Government can still sign, without modification. The Treaty of the 24 Articles was drawn up under circum stances different from those in which we sow are, and con tains stipulations which cannot now exist. Hence, as a treaty forms an insisible whole, if one stipulation cease to exist, a new treaty must be made, and for this the Government needs the intervention of the Legislature. The Government must b.: fully sensible of one thing, that it cannot make a treaty with Holland, as the Convention of May 21 indicates, without the intervention of the Legislature. Thus we shall have to examine what are the bases on which our separation from Holland shall be regulated. The Treaty of 15th November does not contain 24 articles only ; there is a 25th article, stipulating an engagement which the contracting powers entered into at that time to effect the execution of that treaty %I ithin a short period. The Powers have not fulfilled their promises—have not executed, though it was possible for them to have done so, the stipulations which bound them. It remains to be seen how far the stipulations of this Treaty, which were to bind us, are still obliga tory upon us. It is an acknowledged principle in the law of nations, that a Treaty is not real until it has been executed. Now the treaty in question has not been executed ; therefore it cannot be considered as anything more than a project ; and since there must be sooner or later a treaty be tween Belgium and Holland, the Government, I repeat it, must bear in mind that it exhausted its powers in November 1831, and that to conclude a new treaty it must have frosh powers from the Legislature.—Moniteur Beige. Here the subject dropped. The Moniteur quotes from the Ilandlesblild of the 19th its articles relative to the acceptance of the 24 articles by King William. 8E1.61 A N I. UNDS—Baussets, Ma [tot 21. Actual Debt, 24. per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOl Loan of Thirty Millions 9414 Loan of City, 1832 , 4 per Cent 9B }2 Society of Commerce, Paper Cent 16114 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent l5O National Society . —Brussels Papers, March 21. HA NIBURG BORSEN HALLE. MARCH 17. Mlle. Money. % Austrian MetxPiques, 5 per cent. Dis_ ditto 3 per cent. Ditto gitto 23 per cent Ditto flank shares Aoglo_Russian Loan 103% 118% Paper Inscription, 6 per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Bortuguese Regency Bends, 5 per cent 29 Ditto, 3 per cent, l9 Dutch *, per Cents, Ditto 5 per Cents — Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets .. 159 15.ei Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 71% 7134 Norwegian Lean of 1834, 4 per cents Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents.... ..... Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent lB Greek 4 per cents. 1g33, guaranteed by France PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Beaus, Mancit 15. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent lO3 10234 Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 1044 102 Exchange on London, three months .., 6 26X 6 26X, —Prussian State Gazette, March 16. The Paris Journals of Wednesday circulate fresh ru mours of an expected change in the Cabinet, for which we arc inclined to believe there is no real foundation. The Nn o i s !ers have a clear majority in the Chambers, and so l on g as they have that, and are supported by the KING, they will keep their places. The following are extracts from the Journals : It should seem that the Minister of the United States of North America has taken much amiss the notice of the Mi nister of Commerce respecting the financ;al affairs of the Union. " General Cass" says a journal " finds a degree of ex aggeration by no means friendly or disinterested in their gloomy picture on which M. Martin (de Nord) has lavished the blackest colours. In fact it was very difficult for the American Minister not to see in it a kind of interdict upon the United States ; and without waiting for instructions from the Cabinet at Washing ton, he has thought it his duty to require an explanation from the President of the Council. In the diplomatic note addressed to Count Mole, General Cass loudly complains of the declara tion of war drawn up by M. Martin (du Nord), against the states of the Union, which are pointed out as objects of distrust to the commercial world. Count Mole has given the General an answer, which is said to be very evasive ; but the latter is not content with this__he requires an official disavowal, which will doubtless cost but little to M. Mole and his system of yielding." —Le Commerce. Galignani's Messenger thinks that the above statements are erroneous, and even believes that it may affirm that there has been no written correspondence, and no misunderstanding whatever, and that if there has Leen any conversation on the subject between persons in office it has been of a very satis factory nature. The F i claireur de la Mediterrenes announces that a oorps of 6,000 men is forming at Ain, to reinforce, and if it should be necessary, the army in Africa.—ConstitutionneL FRENCH FUNDS. -Nitta, MARCH 21. LAST PRICES. five per C 044. pr. op. • Three percents., FIX qsc, Stank Aetioni, '1,6 of, 19111411 1 / 4 102. Belgian Loan, 10414. Belgian Bank, 1,5701. Port4gueae Three per Cents., 20)i, Haytian Loan, Smnyoll A4ttyq.‘2lk. Spanish FassiVes, 4,4; • - ~•4 41 "". ' `6 1 • /-cp. Z 1 f; THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 183 R ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) lIULL. 1 he Committee met this morning at the usual hour, when the scru tiny was again proceeded with The following votes were struck off the poll of the Sitting Members, on the ground of their taring received parochial relief :—John Westerdale and John Wright. Thomas Ball Oliver was next objected to on the tame ground. It appeared that the voter in this case was employed by the pariah officers of Sutton, and paid at the rate of 16. 3d. per day. It wa , contended that this was not such relief as was contemplated by the Act, in order to constitute a disqualification. The Committee, after deliberating a con siderable time, retained the vote. TAMWORTH. The Committee met at eleven o'clock, General LVGON in the Chair. Mr. TIMSSIGER, for the petitioners, stated that he should confine his objection to the return of Captain A'Court to the sitting Member's want of qualification. That objection was founded on two grounds—first, that the rent charge on the property of the late Mr. Reppington, in Warwick shire, which constituted the alleged qualification, was not a bona fide rent-charge; and secondly, that if \t had been originally bona fide, it had ceasei, upon Captain A'Court's taking possession of other property under the wi►l of Mr. Reppington. Mr. TIIESSIGER then proceeded to examine Mr. Radford, the soli , itor who executed the deed for the rent-charge, as to its contents, Lut that course of examination was objected to by Mr. Sergeant Merewether, as a violation of the witness's professional confidence. The Committee decided with Mr. Sergeant Merewether, and would not allow the examination. SHAFTESBURY. The Committee decided this morning, after deliberating with closed doors for a considerable time, that the adjournment of the Revising Bar risters' Court was not legal. This decision strikes ofF :11 votes which were objected to on the ground of the illegality of the adjournment; 20 of them from the poll of the Sitting Member; 11 of them from the poll of the opposing Candidate. This leaves the Tory Candidate in a majority of 9. The Counsel for the Sitting Member proceeded to take the class of objections founded on non-payment of the rat( s, in the scot and lot voters DUBLIN. The Committee met at the usual hour, and Mr. KEATINII announced that the objection to Byrne's vote, — entered upon at the close of yesterday's proceedings, would be abandoned. The petitioners then objected to the vote of James Haslam, No. 69, Jaines.street, on the ground that the voter had nut paid his paving tax before voting. Mr. WUANGHAM, however, stated that, as it appeared the voter had paid his rate for 1836 on the 26th May, the objection would, therefore, be abandoned. Mr. IlocaucK remarked that had the case been proceeded with, he could have proved that the Collector gave a receipt dated differently from the receipt in his book. Mr. WHANUHANI then said that seeing the Committee - (in direct op position to the decisions of the former Dublin Committee) did not strike off so many votes on the ground of not having paid the paving tax as the petitioners had calculated upon ; this class of objections would be abandoned, and the class, relating to insolvent debtors, would be proceeded with. Mr. AUSTIN and Mr. ROEBUCK objected to this, because no notice had been given them of the proposed change, and they asked that the other side might be compelled to ask an adjournment, and to pay the expenses of both sides. The Committee ordered the room to be cleared, and on the re admission of the public, The CHAIRMAN announced the Committee to be adjourned till to morrow, on the understanding that then the petitioners would proceed with the class of Insolvent Debtors (in number amounting to 69). (Left sitting.) MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TIVELTE .O•CLOCIC We have received the Journsidu Commerce of Antwerp of the 22d inst. (yesterday) which is important in respect to Dutch affairs. It was positively stated in some of the Morning Journals that the King of Holland had accepted the twenty-four articles. We copy the following from the debates of the Chamber of Representatives at Brussels, in their Sitting of the 20th inst. " M. Ilaffschmidt—l desire that the discussion should be for a Too. ment interrupted, as I wish to address the Minister. Gentlemen, the news which has been published since yesterday by the Journals, that the King of Holland had accepted the tweuty.four articles, is of too great importance to the nation and the Chamber, not to desire to be informed if the Government has received an official communication on the subject, and I new ask of the Ministers to explain themselves. " The Minister of Foreign Affairs—The Hon. Member demands if the Netherlands Government accept purely and simply the Treaty of the twenty-four articles. " We have not as yet received the official news, but information that they are disposed to accept the twenty-four articles. This is the only information I am permitted to give to the Chamber." By the above it is evident that, on the 21st instant, the twenty-four articles had not been accepted. If they had, it certainly would have been made public by the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Brussels ; but, as the King of Holland expresses a wish to conform to them, perhaps with some modifications, it may be a few days before we hear the result. It is reported that a great Commercial House in the City received by express yesterday arrivals at Havre of the French American Packet there with letters three or four days later; also that a vessel has arrived from Boston of the date of the 27th ult. It is strange that the Liver pool and London Packets of the Ist inst. have not arrived. FUN Dfi. Consols opened at the closing prices of yesterday, 93a to 1,4 for the Account, and 93} j for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 62 64 ; India Bonds, 64 66. In the Foreigu Market the chief speculation still continues in Dutch Stock, which may be quoted at 55}, rather better than they closed. Although there is no official information as yet of the Dutch and Bel. gian siffairs being settled, the prevailing opinion is, that we shall soon hear that the King of Holland has signed the twenty_feur articles. Spanish Active, 21i to 3 ; Portuguese, 30 4, Three per Cents., 20} ; Brazilian, 79% 80 ; Mexican, 28t • Columbian, 2 S} 91. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ...... India Swett 9 per Cent. lied. — I Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 93► ifi l ii 36 per Cent. — Ditto Red - New 354 per Cent 101!i 100 7 4, New 5 per Cent -- Bank LOLIg Annuities to expire Jan. 5, 1860.... — Oct. lU, 1859 Jan. 5, 18110 l5 1-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5 18.90 Jan. 5, 1878 —... .1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds. —l Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account . -- Brazilian Bonds .... „, 19 ki Ditto Account 71 1 , 4A 4 Baenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account — hilliaN Bonds — Ditto Account . .......... Catumbian 80nc1a.„......„ Ditto Account C3lumbian Bonds, 1824 South Sea Stock Old Annnities New Ditto ....„ 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751_ Exch. Bills, .€l,llOO 62 65 63 oni Ditto 501 , 62 65 63 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertiml — pin Bank Stock for Account 2O9N, Indts ilcock for Account IConsole for Account 93%14 THIS DAY AT ONE O'ci)( K. Peruvian Monde I Ditto Account . Portuguese Ditto Account ..... Ditto New Bawls Ditto Account . Ditto, 3 per cent. l2O ~i Prussian Bonds ituezian I I % Ditto Account Ditto Metall ic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account . .. 2 53004 D 'nigh Bonds ..... Ditto Account Greek Bonds—, Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bothls i 5 per cent — Ditto Account per cent. Ditto Account Neapolitan ........... PRICES OF SHARES THU Ditto Account — Ditto Bond SOW' 21!.4 1 Ditto Account Proneli, 5 per cent..... ~... —t.... ----- 4 per cent. --- 3 per Cent —f. —c. ----..... Exchange Dutch, 2); per cent ...554 431 5 4i Ditto Account ...... ...55 47 , s % ie % Ditto, 5 per cant 1 0:N % 1 /4 Ditto Account 103% 1s DAV AT ONE O'CLOCK Pahl. Per Share. Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company ...... „„ 944 1 Great western Railway Company 135 01s. Brighton Railway Company I ondon and Southampton Railway Comp a ny..., 50 433 a 3 London and Southampton (New) Railway 5 24',1i N, 5 oanchester and Leeds Railway Company Manchester and Birmingham Railway 7 1 0% Northern and Eastern Railway Company „„ Asphalte ..• Australasia Bank 4O fi6 sational Provincial Bank of England Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l'7 11 HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. According to accounts from St. Petersburg to the Bth of March the Emperor is making paper war against Austria, in which he ridicules him for having abandoned the cause of Don Carlos. The Commander of the Russian fleet at Cronstadt has received orders to get ready two of the first.rate frigates and three brigs for an expedition, which is to be commanded by the Grand Admiral Nicola. sewitch, second son of the Emperor, who is to sail at the period the Emperor goes to Germany. The expedition is to proceed to the ports of Holland. Consols are not so good as in the early part of the morning, and may be quoted 93} for the Account ; Money 93A ; Exchequer Bills 62 63 ; India Bonds 9 11 prem. those to be paid off; Bank Stock, for the open ing `2091. iLi the Foreign Market Spanish Active heavy at 21, with Coupons ; Portuguese 301 ; Three per Cents, 201 ; Dutch is not so good as in the morning, and receded from 551 to 54i 1, no doubt owing to no official information being received of the question of the Dutch and Belgian affairs being settled ; Columbian 2Si ; Brazilian also lower, 7914. In the Share Market little doing, except in Asphalte, which has con. siderably fallen this morning. It had reached 21 premium, since which it may be quoted at 16, owing to an opposition Company coming out. It is apprehended that in a short time they will be considerably lower. THREE O'CLOCK. Comicial for the Account, 931. A case of some interest was decided on Monday last by the Cour Royale, Paris. It arose out of the alleged deposit of papers of value in the hands of Prince Talleyrand by aM. Possoz (Mayor of Passy). Those papers were the engagements of the Duke de Dino to pay to the plaintiff (M. Possoz) a sum of 12,000 f., and were placed in the hands of the Prince (through the medium of M. Gabriel Delessert, Prefect of Police), for the purpose, it was supposed, of in ducing the Prince to pay the debt of his nephew. He (Prince Talleyrand) pleaded before the Cour de Premiere Instance, that he had not opened the parcel in which the papers were stated to be enclosed, but had forwarded them to the Duke de Dino. The Cour de Premiere Instance g i v i ng cre di t to the sta t em ent, nonsuited the plaintiff, but M. Possoz appealed to the Cour Royale against that decision, and which Court, through its President, Baron Seguier, on Monday ordered that Prince Talleyrand sho u ld w i t hi n six months return the d ocume nts in question, or pay to M. Possoz the sum of 12,0001. DEVIZES ELECTION. —The important prelimi nary has been gone through by Captain Dundas and his friends, and has been attended with signal success; not only have the Gallant . Captai n ' s o ld f r i end ; to a man remained stanch, but a considerabl e num b er of his former opponents hay: joined his ranks, and pledged themselves to vote for him —this :s very satisfactory, as it shows the increasing estima tion in which he is held ; at the same time it points out very clearly, that the opposition is merely factious. We have just received intelligence from Captain Dundas's Committee of so favourable a nature, that we think nothing short of madess can induce those who have brought forward Mr. Heneage to per severe.— Wilts Independent. Died, at Elgin, Mrs. Batchen, at the very advanced ago of 107 years. This long liver dwelt in Wail? from her infancy. She was in the year of the retlellian, 1745, servant to Lady Arradowal, who At that time resided in the house formerly belnpgi ng to t h e Eari S of Sutherland, and lately called 114U:hen's-hall, a p or ti on o f t h e oast wing of which still stands, Prince Charles . Stuart, on his way to Culloden, slept in this house, and the subject of the present notice lielpo to make his hed. She used to relate, that 1.10: Wtatre!s, Lady Arradowal, a stanch Jar ,b: asitte the sheets in which the Prince ; l ad and ga ve strict Orders that whenshe died they might be used as her . shroud. Mrs. Batolten for a long period enjoyed excellent health, wag at the fish-market a few vier before km cleAth, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, MAacm 22.—Wind, moderate.—Came down from the River and sailed, the Cecilia, Walker, for Sydney; City of London, Reynolds, Ditto ; Glaphyra, Merton, for Antigua ; Black Cat, Chelter, for St. Michael's; Lucretia, Scott, for Demerara; Charlemont, Maxey, Ditto; Spy, Farrant, for Corfu ; Naiad, Budd, Ditto ; Prince Georges Friend, for Halifax ; Catherine, Walker, Ditto, Clepton, Ribbinir fOt St. Kitt's ; Mediator, Champlin, for New York ; Fair Arcadiiirls Rogers, for Honduras. Also, sailed again, the whole of the outward bol , nd as before, on their respective voyages. Portismourn, INlAtecti Wind, N, W. to N,N,E,, fresh brseaVi and fine.—Arrived the Catherine, Wilson, from Cork for Londenr is on shore on Ryde Sand. Sailed, the Norval, Murray, for Smyrna, but has since bro.rght up at Cowes; Hazard, Mortimer, for Newfound• land ; Triton, Methire, for St. Brieux. Pr.vmouTti, MArton N.E. by N.—Arrived the Heretlin, (steamer), from Cork, Sailed the Acorn, for Oporto. FALMOUTH, MARCh WiEd W.S. W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived the Juno (steamer'', Moriarty, from London. Sail"' the General Foy, Bienvieux, for Antwerp. MARGATE, MARCH 22.—Arrived the Catherine, Philipps, from NaSiatli Economy, Arbuthnot, from Canaries; George, Youghal. HASTINGS, M &RCN 22.—Arrived dr port the Mercury, Styles, from Cape Hiyti; Yeoman, Payne, from Boston. BRISTOL, MARC:I 22 —Arrived the Parland, Tait, from Mauritius. l - IuLL, MARCH 22.—Arrived the William IV. (steamer), Itotterdant. SWANSUA, MAUCH 22.—Arrived the Metanetho, St. Jago da Cuba. Coaa,,Matteit 20.—Arrived the Judith and Esther, Moran, Jsui,Atea, HuLL, MARCH 2L—A sloop laden with wheat from Wisbech to Brad ford, is on shore at Spurn, but expected off when the weather mode rates. A sloop, apparently heavy laden, was seen running down for the Spurn yesterday ; when near the shore the crew took to the boat, which upset, and all hands perished. The sloop has drifted out of the Humber, and gone to the northward. The Consort, Armstrong, bound to Hamburg'', was on shore near Paula, but has been got off. Scaanonouctr, Manctt 2l.—The Kent, Walker, from Winstable to Sunderland, got on shore this morning, but was assisted off, and it , making for this place, filled and capsized, but has been towed near the pier head, and righted, and will get into the harbour next tide. WinTsrautx, MARCH 22.—The Ajax, Burton, bound to London, lost an anchor and capsized her windlass in yesterday's gale, and has beets supplied with an anchor from here. MILFORD, Mellott 2.0.—1 t blew a very severe gale last night, and continues without any abatement at N. BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 21.—1 t is blowing a gale at S. W. SHIELD!, MARCH 2 0.—Yesterday and part of last night it blew a heavy gale from W.S , W.toN.W., and this morning fresh gales fromN.E. The Duke of Lancaster, from Calcutta to Liverpool, was spoken on the 4th ult. in lat. 12 S , lung. 10 W., and her Majesty's brig Colum bine on the 10th till in lat. 5 S., long. 17 W. by the Finland, Tait, ar rived at Bristol. The Kitty, Waters, from St. Clears to Bristol, was on shore on the Hook Lands, 20th instant. The Tredegar, Troder, from Newport to Bristol, foundered on the 20th inst. off Goldelift ; crow saved. The William and Mary, Williams, Irma Swansea, put into Milford very leaky, &e., bound to Waterford. The Deben, Hall, from Hull to Rotterdam, was on shore within the Spurse on the 20th inst. The Active. Lesley, from St. Übe's to Liverpool, is on shore in Tra more Bay; crew saved. The Una, Gueners, bound to Havannah, has put back to Malaga. with dainatr.,.. Tho Diitish brig Falcon (coal laden), has been fallen in with outside the Straits of Gibraltar, dismisted and abandoned. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) John lreaden, a half-pay naval officer, was charged by Phillips, aeon" stable of the F division, with being drunk at two o'clock this morning, i n the Strand, and ordered to pay a fine of ss. The defendant was al° charged by Mr. Thomas Grcaves, the proprietor of the Bazaar in th e Strand, with breaking a glass-case, and damaging property which it contained, valued at 71., but as the Magistrate could na take cogni" ranee of the offence, the amount being above the sum prescribed by law, Mr. MALLARD, a County Magistrate, ordered him to be discharge d, on his promising to make good the damage. .iUary Simmons, a pauper, was chargai by Mr. William Taylor, over seer of the parish of St. Giles, with assaulting him. It appeared froth the statement of the complainant, and Cole, the beadle, that the / 114 " toner applied this morning for relief, and an order to be passed to the parish of St. Pancras ; she was desired by the complainant to wait a little time, or to follow him, and he would procure what she wanted, upon which she became violent in her language And struck him. The goner had obtained work in St. Giles's parish for the last forin►ght, su n was repeatedly told if she could make out her claim upon St. Pancras an order should be given to her. The prisoner impudently admitted her guilt, and was ordered to paY a fine of 406., or be be sent to hard labour for a month. The borough of Devizes is, we understand, to be contested. A Mr. Heneage—who he is nobody knows—is t O oppose Captain Du n d as . W e trust the Devizes men will re main true to the Captain. The Manchester Guardian, contains an account 0f a case' of inquiry before the Sheriff to assess the amount of compensation to be paid by the Manchester and Leeds Rail way Company to Jam es Dearden, Esq., for e i g hteen acres et land, forming part o f hi s manor of Rochdale. The surface _ of the soil was not rated so high as the minerals Company were likely to take away in driving 3 tunnele through the land, which being unknown, was fixed at the extraordinary sum of 30,5001. The Jury, aft 3r a patient in vestigation, gave the sum of 150/. : 120/. only going to for his the Lord of the Manor, and 30/. to the tenant his interest. We would quote the enormous demand, con trasted with the verdict, as a proof of the general desire which prevails of victimizing railway proprietors whenever there la ft possibility ; but we presume that Mr. Lord-of-the-Manor Dearden might honestly doubt the possible value of the stones and slates to be carried off by the Company, and being in which the ignorance, selected a sum which was sure—even if gold had been discovered—to be a full compensation for his possible loss, The publication of such cases is useful, and the public is, therefore, much indebted to the Manchester Guardian. It is necessary to caution housekeepers against the frequent robberies that are committed in the metropolis b y area gates being left unlocked. The residences of the wealthyo inhabitants a t th e west - en d o f the town appear to offer tb greatest temptati on . Th e f ac ili ty thus presented i s readilyhe taken advantag e . o f b y expert t hi eves, who are always on t watch, and ready w i t h t h e i r f e i gned excuses if i nterru pt They call for orders from tradesmen, or inquire after s ervants. They have eithe r somet hi ng f or sa l e, or an offer to b uy ; _ if no one intercepts their course, they carry off all valuable ar t !: cles that lie w i t hi n th e i r reac h : t h ese vary in amount, accoT ing to the deg ree o f p recaut i on taken by the families, and the cure exercised by servants. Thalberg gave a farewell concert at Erard's sakion in Paris the day before yesterday. After makin g in the French provinces h e i s expected in London . a sh_ cat toO ----- PRIZE CUPS. —New and Second-hand Si V E PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, and selec tioi may be made from a g rea t var i ety, both of Sizes and P a ttern, T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Wat c h ma k er , 47, C.r nil l London ( Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). A Sh eet Drawings of Cups will be forwarded by post, as a single letter, iu answer to a post-paid application. err It is desirable Letters for Drawings should mention either the Size or about the P r i ce o f t h e Cup or Cups that may be requi re • BIRTHS. At Rushmore Lodge, Dorsetshire, on the 21st inst., the / 10°. Mrs. Osborne, of a daughter. On the 21st i ns t., M rs. J . Young, of Finsbury-square, o f a . , a s ort o f On the 21st i ns t., M rs. T hos. Lott, of Bow-lane, City, a " Hanley-road, Stroud-green, of a daughter. On the 19th inst., at Warwick, the lady of T. Howkins, Esq" of a daughter. On the 19th inst.., in Bury-street, St. James's, the lady of car tain James, 90th Light Infantry, of a daughter. On the 21st inst., Mrs. Wm. Goode, Lansdowne-place, 131 ' un5- wick-square, of a daughter. On the 19th i ns t., M rs. Ri chard Davis, of Holland-p lace , Clapham-road, of a son. • MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. Pancras Church, William liarri 4 "°' Rig., of Gray's I nn , an d U pper Bedford-place, to Frances . daughter of the late R. Barron, EN., of Meckl en h urg h -squa re. , On the 20th in s t., a t B ec k enham Church, Rev. W. Well Champneys, Fell ow o f B rasenoso College, Oxford, and Rector ^ Whitechapel, Londo n , t o M ary Anne, daughter of P. Stow, E'q" of Beckenham. • On the 12th i ns t., a t The View - s, Huntingdon s hi re , the Right „ Hon. St. Andre w B eauc h amp Lord St. John, of Bletso, to o°' „ nor, second daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Hussey HusseY' of Wood Walton, K. C. B. C. C. M. G. DIED. On the 20th inst., at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, of const loP : tion, Ellen, youn ges t d aug h ter of John Bates, Esq., R.N., Snar e tary of the Royal Yacht Squadron, in her 19th year. At his residence, White's-cottage, Kennington, on MondaPti: 19th inst., Thomas Edward Ri c h ar d s, E sq., in the 59th year.l, 0 1 age, most deeply and very d eserve dl y l amented by a large e Al. sincere friends ; many years in the establishment of the late , the derrnan John Crowder, E sq ., an d hi s successors, as printers 0 . " Public Ledger." Peter On the 20th inst., at No r t on , S u ff olk, Frederick, son o f Huddleston, Esq., aged 4 months. On the 18th inst., in Aldersgate-street, aged 70, Jane, relict of A. Alleyne, Esq., of Demerara. On the 211 inst., at Nice, Louisa, wife of Chevalier P. Sccali• f On the 19th i ns t., aged 40, A me li a Carolina Sophronir„ wit . ° ° Wm. Smith, Esq., Hall-place, Leigh, Kent. On the 18th inst., John Edenborough, Esq., aged On the 19th inst., at Brighton, Henry Felix, infant son of IFI• Kingscote, Esq., aged nine months. On the 12thinst., at Dubli n, James Weeae, Esq., o f ° rk y buildings, New-road, aged 52. On the 20th lust., Mrs. Margaret licll, of Great Cheyne -r°les e tg a e O d th e4 o . f December, at Sierra Leone, G. R. Chelsea, o t 1 th Esq., of Billiter-street. On the 19th inst., at Tidworth, Charlotte, wife of the Rev. Dyson, aged 42. Wootoor On the 19th inst„ aged 10, Thomas, eldest son of Mr. of Fortesa_terrace, Kentish-town. f J. Oa the 17th inst., at Stamford-grove, Upper Clapton, I ‘'r . R. Sherman, aged 72. d ton On the 17th inst., aged 17, Henry Sparham Philip°, see°n of G. P. Philipe, Esq., of Gray's Inn. • bolas , On the 14th inst., aged 30, Gwcnllian, wife of Mr. A. Nicholas, solicitor, Brentford. R' F. On the 14th inst., Richard Vernon, youngest child of •."' Newman, Esq., of Highimry-terrace. o f Or the 14th inst., Maryanne, wife of Mr. Wm. Slade, naburg-t;vrace, Regent's -park. ' ter of On the 17th inst„ at Twickenham, Mrs. Maria Calvert, els the late Sir Harry Calvert Bart., aged 69. Wheeldot;., , On the Wth inst., Lewis Moore, Esq., of the house of GeNott, anti Cn., Austinfriars, aged 55. D., i n On the 12th i nst., at D ev i ses, Henry Headly, E sq ., his 82d year. On the 14 t h i nst., age d 7 9, M argaret, wife of t h e R ev . Riehard Twelloe, Hector of Casterton Para, Rutland. Low terrac e, it. On th e 17 t h inst., Mrs. Mary Thomas, of Islington ndtehse, agedl6th inst., s4, at Woodley Lodge, near Romney, the Rev. J. On her 84th year. • and Printed by MURDOYOUNG, of s°. 1 12, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11•', Strand, in the county of i‘liddlesex.—Friday, March 23, 1838.